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LiveWeb - insert and view web pages real-time.

Use LiveWeb to insert web pages into a PowerPoint slide and refresh the pages real-time during slide show. Display web pages without ever leaving the confines of your PowerPoint slide show. No coding required.  LiveWeb works with documents off your local drive too. You can specify relative paths. LiveWeb will also look for files in the presentation folder if the files have local drive information and cannot be located at the location specified by the user during slideshow. LiveWeb encapsulates the need to insert a web browser control manually and write code to update the web pages within the control during the slide show. It consists of two components.
1. Wizard component - Create a list of web sites which you wish to add to the slides.
2. Real-time update component - Automatically refreshes the page every time you visit the slide which contains the web browser control.

With LiveWeb you can display acrobat documents (PDF) , java applets, VRML etc within the slide show real-time.

LiveWeb FAQ

A - LiveWeb does not work on the Mac.

Q - Does LiveWeb work on the Mac?

Q - How can I force the browser control to use a specific rendering engine?

A - The default rendering in the web browser control is IE7. You can change that by setting a meta tag on the html page to target the desired version of IE. Set tag <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=x" > in the HTML page you're showing. Replace x with the version number of IE you want to target. This forces the control to use the specified version.

Q - Does it work with the PowerPoint viewer?

A - No. The viewer does not support add-ins.

Q- Does the real-time update work without the add-in installed?

A - No, you need the add-in.

Q- I get an error when I try to to insert a url in PPT 2013. Is there a fix?

A - PowerPoint 2013 blocks the webbrowser control from being inserted which prevents LiveWeb from functioning normally. Changing the 'Compatibility Flags' value from 0x400 to 0x000 will allow it. You will require administrative rights to make this change.

For MSI installation
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Common\COM Compatibility\{8856F961-340A-11D0-A96B-00C04FD705A2}]
"Compatibility Flags"=dword:00000000

For Click-To_Run installation
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Office\15.0\clicktorun\registry\Machine\ SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Common\COM Compatibility\{8856F961-340A-11D0-A96B-00C04FD705A2}]
"Compatibility Flags"=dword:00000000

 

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Version Supported

PowerPoint 97  or later.

Download

PowerPoint 97-2003 users: Click here (zip) or here (setup)
PowerPoint 2007/2010 (32bit/64-bit) users : Click here (zip)

Installation Instructions (applicable only for zip) :

1. Extract the contents of the zip to a folder.
2. Launch PowerPoint.
3. Click on
Tools | Add-ins to bring up the add-ins window.
4. Click on Add to bring up the 'Add New PowerPoint Add-in' dialog box.
5. Navigate to the folder where the contents of the zip file was extracted and select 'LiveWeb.ppa' and click on OK.
6. You might be prompted with the macro virus warning. Enable the macros. When the Add-in is properly loaded, it will display a 'X' against the add-in name.
7. That's it. You have successfully loaded the add-in. Now put it to use.

Note: If you are unable to load the add-in check your macro security setting.

 

   

Usage

1. Click on Insert | Web Page.

2. Enter the list of web page address that you wish to create.

3. Provide the additional info required.

4. LiveWeb will create slides with web browser controls embedded on the slides

5. Run the slide show.

6. The web pages will be displayed during the slide show and refreshed at real-time.

 

 

   

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